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Couples Retreat Postergate: Are Brits Racist?

Mon., Nov. 16, 2009 12:15 PM PST by Breanne L. Heldman

Universal

Couples Retreat featured four couples trying to fix their relationships on a tropical island, right?

Then how come posters for the film's release in the U.K. only show Vince Vaughn, Malin Akerman, Jon Favreau, Kristin Davis, Jason Bateman and Kristen Bell? Where are Faizon Love and Kali Hawk?

Needless to say, the omission of the black pair in the British advertisements has many shouting racism.

A rep for Universal, the studio behind the film that took in $102 million in the U.S. alone, told the Daily Mail that the poster had been "simplified" for international markets and the studio "regretted causing offense."

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Update

No Retreat in Vince Vaughn!

Sun., Oct. 11, 2009 3:05 PM PDT by Joal Ryan

Couples Retreat, Vince Vaughn, Kristin Davis, Malin Akerman, Jon Favreau, Faizon Love

Universal Pictures

Vince Vaughn was money. Paranormal Activity was phenomenal.

Vaughn's Couples Retreat banked the year's biggest opening for a romantic comedy, with a much bigger than expected $35.3 million, No. 1 Friday-Sunday debut.

Paranormal Activity, meanwhile, packed its theaters, rising all the way to fifth place with a scary-good take of $7.1 million, a mere 645 times the horror flick's micro-budget.

Here's a rundown of more results from a weekend that was great for Hollywood—but a disaster for yet another High School Musical alum:

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Review: Couples Retreat a Fun-Free Vacay—With Man Boobs!

Fri., Oct. 9, 2009 5:05 AM PDT by Ande Dagan

Universal Pictures

Defense Gone Wild! Francis Names Aniston, Vaughn, Bloom in Tax Trial

Wed., Aug. 26, 2009 1:42 PM PDT by Gina Serpe

Jennifer Aniston, Orlando Bloom, Jack Nicholson, Vince Vaughn, Joe Francis

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The defense calls Jennifer Aniston to the stand? If Joe Francis has his way, maybe so.

The Girls Gone Wild purveyor's legal team has revealed the crux of their defense strategy for his long-pending tax evasion trial in court documents obtained by the Smoking Gun this week: By the looks of it, Francis is hoping to be judged by the A-list company he keeps, and not much else.

In slides filed with the court as part of his opening statement, Francis is looking to align his business with stars like Aniston, Vince Vaughn, Orlando Bloom, Jack Nicholson and even a Kardashian or two, claiming the investments—or, as prosecutors refer to them, phony business expenses—he put into his various companies were all part and parcel with servicing his star clientele and business pursuits.

Or, as his defense rather succinctly put it, "Mr. Francis in Business of Sex."

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Rise 'n' Shine: Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Secretly Tie the Knot!

Wed., Apr. 1, 2009 6:15 AM PDT by Breanne L. Heldman

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• Like you geniuses didn't see this coming. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are secretly already married. Supposedly, he gave her an ultimatum.

• Those crazy British tabs are reporting that Vince Vaughn is planning to dump his fiancée and help Jennifer Aniston raise John Mayer's baby. Oh, you didn't hear? Jen is preggers!

• The first Twilight baby is on its way...and it's not Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson's.

• Ed Westwick wears black boxer briefs. Pattz wears tighty-whities.

• Ashton Kutcher is posing for a one-of-a-kind poster for Rumer Willis' wall. What a guy!

• Kanye West opens up in his blog about his frequent therapy sessions to work on his low self-esteem.

• Dear Readers: Happy April 1. Some of the above items are real and some are false. You'll have to click through and see? Love, Rise 'n' Shine

Jen is looking easy, breezy, beautiful in the Big Picture gallery.

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Wedding Crasher Vince Vaughn to Wed?

Thu., Mar. 5, 2009 1:26 PM PST by Breanne L. Heldman

Fame Pictures Inc

Could Mr. Swinger be ready to tie the knot?

Vince Vaughn is set to marry 29-year-old Canadian real-estate agent Kyla Weber, at least according to her hometown newspaper.

And the source of the scoop: the betrothed's dad.

"Ken Weber confirmed that his daughter is indeed engaged to the Wedding Crashers funnyman, but chose not to comment further," the Calgary Herald stated in a Thursday story. "He said his daughter is presently in Los Angeles and no longer in Calgary."

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Four Christmases Outnumbers Twilight at Box Office

Sun., Nov. 30, 2008 1:15 PM PST by Joal Ryan

Four Christmases, Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn

New Line

Twilight plunged. Australia wasn't epic. All of which gave Vince Vaughn the opportunity to attone for Fred Claus. Which he did.

Vaughn's and Reese Witherspoon's Four Christmases debuted atop the weekend box office with $31.7 million, per estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations. Since opening last Wednesday, the holiday comedy has taken in $46.7 million.

Ticket sales for Twilight dropped a steep 62 percent from last weekend. The vampire romance still managed a $26.4 million Friday-Sunday gross, good for third place, and hit nearly $120 million overall.

Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman and a reported $130 million budget added up to a lackluster, not blockbuster, fifth-place, $14.8 million debut for Australia.

Drilling down in the box office standings (where you'll find the weekend's biggest pound-for-pound hit):

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